When the Australian Aborigines went on walkabout, they stopped whatever they were doing and "went bush". The term was commonly applied when Aborigines in employment by the white man downed their tools and left without warning, sometimes for days or weeks, in order to make a temporary return to their traditional lifestyle.
The Aboriginal people of Australia.
There are some 200 aboriginal dialects in Australia. Each will have its own word for "journey", and that will differ according to the nature of the journey.The aboriginal-English word commonly used for a journey is walkabout.
Walkabout magazine ended in 1974.
Walkabout magazine was created in 1934.
Australian Walkabout was created in 1958.
Australian Walkabout ended in 1958.
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The duration of Australian Walkabout is 1560.0 seconds.
What country does the word walkabout come from
The novel "Walkabout" was written by James Vance Marshall and was first published in 1959.
â??Wombat Goes Walkaboutâ?? by Michael Morpurgo uses the aboriginal term for rite of passage â??walkaboutâ?? to tell the story of a wombat in search of his missing mother who learns valuable life lessons in the process. Aboriginal mythology often incorporated animal tales to instill moral values.
Billy Walkabout was born on 1949-03-31.